FCRA PROJECT: UNAOC AND THE BMW GROUP SUPPORT FOR INNOVATIVE GRASSROOTS PROJECTS!
Last DATE: MAY, 2015
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
(UNAOC) and the BMW Group are jointly inviting applications for Intercultural
Innovation Awards. The major aim of the award is to select and support the most
innovative grassroots projects that encourage intercultural dialogue and
cooperation around the world.
Winners will become members of the World
Intercultural Facility for Innovation (WIFI) and the awardees get one-year
support and consulting from the UNAOC and the BMW Group.
Eligibility
Criteria:
* Not-for-profit organizations
(non-governmental organization, charitable organization, research and
educational institution, labor union, indigenous group, faith-based
organization, professional association, foundation and local or municipal
branches of government) that are active in promoting intercultural
understanding, with a track record of managing intercultural projects and
willingness to expand their range of action, are eligible to apply.
* Thematic cluster of field of action of
applying organization must be one of the following – migration and integration;
intercultural awareness; education for intercultural citizenship; the role of
specific groups (faith-based, women, youth, media) in promoting intercultural
understanding.
* Projects that have been submitted to
previous editions of the Intercultural Innovation Award are eligible but
winners of previous editions of the UNAOC Marketplace of Ideas or BMW Group
Awards cannot apply.
* Applying organization must have the
willingness to expand the range of action of the project with the UNAOC, the
BMW Group and other partners.
